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BY Ben Ebuka, 7:00pm April 30, 2023,

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Black History: Here are some notable events you probably didn’t know occurred in the month of April

by Ben Ebuka, 7:00pm April 30, 2023,

Black History: Here are some notable events you probably didn't know occurred in the month of April — Alice Walker. Photo credit: Virginia DeBolt via Wikimedia Commons

April 18

April 18, 1846 – New Jersey enacted “An Act to Abolish Slavery,” a law which changed Slaves to Apprentices, and bound them to indefinite servitude as “apprentices for life” to work at the will of their White masters.

April 18, 1864 – More than 200 Black Union troops were massacred by Confederate forces at Ft. Pillow, Tennessee.

April 18, 1903 – W.E.B. Du Bois published “The Souls of Black Folk”

April 18, 1983 – Alice Walker made history as the first Black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Last Edited by:Annie-Flora Mills Updated: April 30, 2023

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